Electric iron and stand



June 5, 1928. 1,672,809

w. P. HAYNIE ELECTRIC IRON AND STAND Filed Oct. 5, 1925 q 1 a 5 L I 1 i l .9 il 6 I I9 7 5 f 12 b9 Warren BHa nLe i7 "NVENTQRY ATTCRNEY WITNESS:

PATENT OFFICE.

' WARREN P. HAYNIE, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ELECTRIC IRON AND STAND.

Application filed October 5, 1925. Serial No. 60,590.

This invention relates to stands for sad irons, and more particularly to a stand which is adapted to support and energize an electric iron. The object of the invention is the provision of a sad ironsupporting stand which eliminates the energy carrying cord from the iron and replaces it fixedly at the rear end of the supporting stand.

A further object of the invention is to provide an iron supporting stand as specilied, which has circuitclosing contacts em bodied in said stand for co-operation with the contacts at the heel of the iron and which are adapted to energize the iron when it is placed on the supporting stand.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sad iron supporting stand as specified, which eliminates thenecessity for attaching the energy carrying cord to the iron, thereby giving a freedom of-movement for the use of the complete iron, is safe and efficient for the purpose intended,and does not consume energy when the iron is in use.

Other objects of the invention Will appear in the following detailed description, and in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand and iron in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the stand.

Figure 3 is arear elevation of the stand with the guard plate removed.

Figure 4 is a top plan of the stand per se.

Figure 5 is a top plan of the iron showing the contact members.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the iron supporting stand 1 comprises a base 2 having uprights 3 and 4, and the iron carrying plate 5 attached thereto. The carrying plate 5 which has partially turned up sides 6 for guiding the iron is set at an angle, and the lower end thereof is secured intermediate the edges of the upright 4, thereby providing a back rest or stop 7 for the incline, which is formed by placing the iron carrying plate at an angle.

The upper edge 8 of the stop 7 comprising the upright 4, is bent at right angles to the face of the upright 4, and the stop member 7 is also provided with a pair of spaced openings 9 which are adapted to register with the contacts 10 carried by the iron 11, and also partially expose the flexible contact fingers 12 which are secured on the back face of the upright 4, and are provided with contact buttons 13, at the upper end of the contact fingers 12, and adapted to make contact with a pair of rigid contact fingers 14 which are alsojsecured to the back face of the upright 4 adjacent to and at an angle to the flexible contact fingers 12, so that the contact buttons 13 on the contact fingers 12 will engage the ends 15 of the rigid contact fingers 14 when the iron 11 is placed on the incline of the stand 1. All of the said contacts are suitably insulated from one another and from the complete stand. This arrangement of double contact eliminates the tendency of creating a flash or spark when the iron carried contacts 10 close the circuit between the rigid and flexible contacts secured to the upright 4 of the stand 1.

An energy carrying cord 16 is secured to the" rigid contact fingers 14 in any approved manner, and the cord 16 is also provided with a suitable switch in close proximity to the stand, so that the energy may be controlled as desired. To prevent accidental shock or a short circuiting' of the contact members, a guard plate 17 is secured to the base 1, adjacent to the contact carrying side of the upright 4, and abutting the angularly bent top edge 8 of the stop member 7.

It will be noted that the iron 11 is of standard construction, but is modified to suit the supporting stand. The iron comprises the usual heating unit 18 and the heating element closure casing 19 in this instance, the casing 19 is packed with suitable insulatlng material which completely surrounds and covers the heating element, thereby preventing moisture from entering the casing at the edges thereof. The heel 20 of the iron 11 which carries the laterally projecting contacts 10take the place of the usual vertical socket and the plug and cord therefor, which are eliminated by this structure.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, it will be read ily seen that I have provided a novel, safe, and eflicient device, for electrically heating a sad iron and it will be apparent that when the iron 11 is placed on the inclined carryin plate 5, it urges the iron downwardly an the iron carried contacts 10 through the openings 9 into contact with the flexible contact fingers 12, and the said fingers into contact with the rigid contact fingers 14, thereby closing the circuit for heating the Iron.

It is, of course, to he understood, that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in different relations, and therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner, except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

What I claim is 1'. A stand for an electric sad iron, com prisin a base, a supporting table rising from the base and inclined upwardly and in a direction toward one end of the base, a

guard late rising from the base',.an angular contact terminals with the ri id fingers to complete the circuit and there y energizing the heating unit of the sad iron.

2. A stand for an electric sad iron, consisting of a base, asupporting table rising from the base and being inclined downwardly in one direction toward the base, a stop plate to limit the sad iron in position on the table and provided with a pair of spaced openings, means on the base to supstop p ate carried by the guard plate and port the stop plate, a pair of rigid fingers having a portion depending in a position adjacent one end of the table, a pair of rigid contact fingers secured to one end of the table between the stop plate and the guard .plate and having an electric circuit, a pair of resilient fingers carried by one end of the table and interposed between portions of the. rigid fingers and-the stop plate and having contact terminals to engage the rigid contact fingers, said stop plate having a pair of.

. V openings through which contact lugs of the electric sad iron-may pass, to engage the on one'end of the table between said supporting means and the stop plate and in cluding an electric circuit, a pair of resilient fingers carried by one end of the table between the stop plate and portions of the rigid fingers and having contacts, which engage with the rigid fingers when the resilient fingers are moved due to contact lugs on the sad iron engaging therewith after passing through said openings.

In testimony whereof I afiix m signature. WARREN P. I-I AYNIE. 

